Just a block away from the active construction on Hanover Tysons, one more of Northern Virginia’s derelict office buildings has been taken down, making way for Kettler to develop another midrise apartment community. Brentford at the Mile, set to begin construction soon and deliver in early 2022, will be a 7-story building with 411 homes …
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Brookfield Properties has proposed a new conceptual development plan that will improve the planned street grid for the under-construction Halley Rise mixed-use neighborhood in Reston. Although plans for three of the development’s eight blocks have not been finalized, the property owners intend to build the submitted new street grid concurrent with ongoing construction so that …
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The self-described “life plan community” will consist of two apartment towers connected by a five-story shared podium that will feature ground-floor retail and building amenities. Site work commenced in spring 2020 with the removal of the existing lowrise office building. The Mather is one of several upcoming developments that make up the “Arbor Row” neighborhood …
Read More “The Mather, a senior community in Tysons, to open first phase in 2023”
Suites are now available for booking at Reston’s newest hotel, the five-story, 135-room Homewood Suites by Hilton Reston. The hotel was scheduled to open this coming weekend but a definite opening date had not been announced ahead of time. The hotel contains four room types, including King or Queen bed options, and an executive suite. …
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The collection of various construction projects near the Wiehle–Reston East Metro station now includes 115 future townhomes being built by local developer EYA. Earlier this year it was reported that an office trailer was set up near Wiehle Avenue, and EYA is using it as a sales center for the neighborhood, which is scheduled to …
Read More “Construction begins on EYA’s The Townhomes at Reston Station”
The deal is for 196,000 square feet in a new office tower that will also be occupied by Fannie Mae starting in 2022. The space is part of a development (also known as Reston Next) which will expand Reston Town Center with over four million square feet of mixed use space. Construction is currently underway …
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Reston Gateway (now also called “Reston Next”) sits between the Reston Town Center’s urban core and the future Washington Metro station, and has been in the works for much of the past decade. The mixed-use site is zoned to include, among other buildings, a 240 key hotel, although last year a proffer interpretation allowed Boston …
Read More “Upcoming Reston Gateway development will feature a dual-branded Marriott hotel”
In a recently submitted Comprehensive Sign Plan, the Halley Rise developer gave a brief mention to the status of development on the upcoming mixed-use development. Since approval of the Rezoning, the Applicant has advanced development of three of the new Blocks — F, D and G — all of which have final development plan approval …
Read More “Halley Rise: Brookfield Properties in negotiations to lease office blocks”
Construction started on Reston Gateway (also referred to as “Reston Next”) in 2018, and the primary building has now reached 22 floors. Although the exact height is in flux due to continuing work, as of the start of August this office building was safely tall enough to definitively take the height crown from neighboring Reston …
Read More “Reston Gateway office tower is now the town’s tallest building”
Last month the county Planning Commission recommended approval of the change to the Capital One development plan that will provide yet another office tower to the scaffold-covered mixed-use center. The application garnered the support of county staff and local civic groups, and the Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing tomorrow, July 14 to …
Read More “Fairfax County will consider the latest in a long series of changes to Capital One’s headquarters campus”
In a recent press release, Comstock announced that the company had closed on a deal with Fairfax County for the purchase of an acre of land near the Reston Station mixed-use development. This purchase completes Comstock’s single ownership of the land currently occupied by Sunset Hills Professional Center, which the company began acquiring in 2016. …
Read More “Comstock completes acquisition of future “Reston Row” site”
Construction at Reston Station has continued even during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the general contractor working on the Metro Plaza’s last two construction buildings tweeted out an update last week. Despite being designated “Office Building 3,” 1906 Reston Metro Plaza began construction before the recently-topped out “Office Building 2.” With the building now substantially complete, …
Read More “Davis Construction reports milestone progress on Reston Station’s Metro Plaza”
Boston Properties had requested a reduction of the minimum parking requirements for the new development under construction near the future Reston Town Center metro station. Reston Now reported Friday that Supervisor Walter Alcorn has declined to bring the request to the County Board of Supervisors for a vote. The initial phase of the development includes …
Read More “Fairfax County will not review parking reduction for upcoming Reston Gateway”
Last week, Boston Properties gave a short update on the upcoming Reston Gateway development. Also, new photos of the construction site and the progress on the two office towers. During their Q1 2020 Earnings Call, Boston Properties reported on (and was asked about) their Reston properties. It was mentioned more than once that they are …
Read More “Reston Gateway update: Boston Properties in negotiations to lease remainder of office towers”
Comstock Holding Companies released their investor presentation last week. Outside of detailing their financial position, they also provide an estimate of their future development activity. Their active development pipeline is of primary interest to this site. Comstock began development of the buildings of Reston Station in 2014, after completing their project of constructing the large …
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A mobile office trailer was set up recently between two vacant commercial buildings near Reston Station. The two low-rise buildings are each occupying a block of the future JBG Smith Reston Midline development. The buildings on another block of the future neighborhood were recently demolished in preparation for over 100 new townhomes. This trailer is …
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Demolition was recently completed in preparation for the construction of new townhomes from developer EYA. Last week, EYA updated their “coming soon” website with additional details that come closer to confirming the ultimate layout of their upcoming neighborhood. Dubbed “The Townhomes at Reston Station,” EYA’s site describes their portion of the development as “115 new …
Read More “More details for the ‘Reston Midline’ development revealed”
A low-rise office building formerly occupied by Carahsoft, an IT contractor, has been demolished. This 79,440 square foot building was built in 1967. The site, only a quarter mile east of the Wiehle-Reston East station, has been rezoned for a mixed-use neighborhood. Reston Midline is an approved 1.8 million SF development, at least 1.3 million …
Read More “Demolitions commence in preparation for first Reston Midline residential construction”
This is not exactly baseless speculation. There is some evidence that suggests that Volkswagen has plans to become a key tenant of an office building under construction at the upcoming Halley Rise development in Reston. Brookfield Properties and HR Retail recently released a detailed retail brochure for the property. It’s a nice piece of work, …
Read More “Is Volkswagen Group of America planning to move their HQ down the street to Reston?”
Despite numerous delays to the opening of the Silver Line expansion, builders continue to bet on Reston. In January, we examined the work going on south of the Silver Line. Fairfax County has approved new developments across the board from Wiehle Avenue to Monroe Street, at density levels never imagined at the turn of the …
Read More “A 2020 look at six ongoing development projects in North Reston”
